Heavy Gauge Round Bale Hay Net - Thick Net Slow Feeder for Horses - Nylon Net (Made Twice as Thick) - Easily Fits Bales [4x4-6x6]” or [3x3x8-4x4x8] 2.25” Holes

I am leaving this review after using the hay net on one large round bale. It took 2 weeks for my horses to finish the bale. I checked on it every day at first, just to make sure they didn't rip a hole in it, or become entangled. I've never used a hay net before. After the net began to sag, I checked it every couple of days, just to make sure they could still get hay. They seemed to easily be able to move the loose net around with their mouths to get what they wanted. At this point, there were no holes, so I left it alone.My first impression after taking it out of the box is that it is heavy. The netting is thick and the rope that cinches it tight around the bottom of the bale is a good quality rope. I like that the rope is knotted at one end, this prevents it from pulling through and being useless for cinching. I have four horses, who have never eaten through a hay net, eating on this at a time. The size of the holes is large enough that they can get hay easily enough, but not too quickly. After the first bale through it, there are NO holes, NO snags, and NO places where the knots let loose and widened a gap. I was impressed!Once the horses finished the bale, I picked up the net, and there was literally NO waste! There was only a handful of hay left in the net, and that's only because the loose netting fell on that area. Most impressive, there was NO loose hay on the ground around the feeder. I don't know how long this net will last, but I imagine a long time because of it's impressive quality! This is worth the money.Lastly, it did take my husband and I both to get the net over the next bale. Our bales are large round ones, and it's just easier with two people (probably not necessary). We also put a round bale feeder ring around the whole thing after we get the net on. This works for us! Thanks, Texas Haynet for a quality product!

This is our first winter using this round bale net. We started with one of them, and there were some lessons learned, but it's worth the price. Overall, we like them and they do save hay; we liked them enough to buy 2 more. First, this does save hay, but you really do need a bale ring too. Just putting it on the bale and letting them eat really isn't the best way to use it. That's what we did the first time and by day 2, they had eaten the side off the bale allowing the top layers of the bale to slide off to the side and the whole thing looked like a huge mushroom. As they continued to eat it down, they ended up climbing on part of it (and these are horses, not goats), packing it down in the mud, and it was an absolute mess of a pancake with a lot of hay wasted. The second time we used it, we also used a bale ring and it worked so much better that we then bought 2 more nets to use in the other pastures. The ring really helps the bale to keep its shape and stay out of the mud and of course it prevents them from walking on it so the nets should last longer.Another lesson learned is that the yellow string is hard to untie; I've needed tools every time. But, using a tool it's not bad to untie unless it's frozen.The last lesson is that we recently had some really frigid weather and one bale had about a third left. With the cold and ice, the horses weren't really able to eat from it and we had to throw square bales to that pasture. We couldn't pull the net because it was frozen. The other 2 bales that were more full the horses were able to eat from still throughout that weather, and not really a fault of the net, just a matter of weather and the bale itself being eaten down more. But, something to be aware of it you have really cold weather and not much bale left.Nearly every time, I've netted the bales myself and haven't had any trouble. The only time I did have trouble was when the net was wet & heavy when I tried putting it on a new bale. Since then, I've started pulling the nets the day before dropping a new bale and just hanging the net up so it can dry before putting it on a new bale the next day.These are machine washable. After they stomped the first net into the mud (before we also used bale rings) it was so muddy and had manure all over it that I tossed it in the washer. Came out great and I just hung it to dry. Using the bale rings, the nets stay clean enough that I haven't had to wash one again, but I'll wash them all at the end of the season before packing them away for next winter.It's January now and we've been using the first net since September. Even the oldest net has no (extra) holes and will easily last the rest of this winter & into next year. The netting isn't white anymore but that's not a big deal.Overall, we've had some lessons learned on how to best use these, but we expect they will pay for themselves in year 2 at the rate they're saving hay so that's great!

Have 2 horses eating on a large round bale of hay. First time ever using a hay net and impressed so far. It wasn't too bad getting the net cleaned up from the old hay and sticks to put on the next bale. Having two people helps. No damage to the net, seems very sturdy, fits a 6' bale well, easy to get over the bale, with two people, but we're older. We put our bales in a round hay feeder which protects the net and the horses, I think. Personally, I wouldn't want to use the net w/o the feeder, some of the horses are shod. We'll see how it goes with ice and snow this winter before I buy a second net for more horses. The net is costly, but seems the cheaper ones have bad reviews about not lasting very long. More later👍

We have had several hay nets over the years and this one seemed to have the price right. When we got it and started to assemble it for the round bales (5x5), it would not adjust and really looked to be meant more for the large square bales. It definitely was not a good fit for the round bales and we decided to send it back.

As advertised. This is my 2nd one. First one is a year old and holding up awesome with 4 horses. Highly recommended.

Absolutely love this hay net! I bought my first one 3 years ago. I’ve never had any issues and it has held up in all types of weather (Northern Michigan). I just found my first ever rip, but I have a very aggressive boarder horse at my barn that always drags the net out of the feeder. My horses are on round bales 24/7, so this thing has been WORKED for the last 3 years! It’s worth every penny. I just bought another one for my second pen, as the first one is still going strong! 💪🏼

This is a great hay net. It's very durable, holding its own with 3 horses feeding off the round bales it covers daily for 2 years now. So far, not one rip. Very pleased with this purchase!

These work wonders, saves hay from falling to the ground and getting wasted. Holds up better than I would have thought from the horses teeth. Ours usually last 2-3 years